Program Manager for Academic Network

Cadence Design Systems•Austin, TX

About The Position

Cadence is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Academic Programs Manager to market and drive strategic academic engagement initiatives, university partnerships, student innovation programs, and workforce development activities. The role will help expand Cadence’s academic ecosystem and lead programs focused on emerging technologies such as Physical AI, semiconductor design, and advanced engineering. The position supports program planning and reporting, manages strategic university partnerships and engagements, leads communication with sponsored student design teams, and develops marketing and communications content for academic initiatives. It also supports events and community development and tracks program participation, engagement, outreach effectiveness, and outcomes.

Requirements

Experienced and highly motivated candidate.
Ability to manage multiple university engagements and prioritize time across multiple key universities in the United States.

Responsibilities

Support goals, timelines, milestones, budgets, success metrics, and reporting mechanisms for the Physical AI for All program.
Create and maintain program documentation, dashboards, schedules, and ROI reports for internal communication.
Develop and manage strategic academic partnerships supporting workforce development and technology adoption objectives.
Update communications, presentations, and the Academic Network to ensure they remain on-brand and aligned with the corporate mission.
Manage engagements with key universities and prioritize support across multiple key universities in the United States.
Attend calls and discussions and capture action items.
Prepare Cadence and university attendees for visits, meetings, and calls by providing attendee backgrounds and biographies.
Ensure Cadence delivers on commitments by managing up and across the organization.
Lead communication with sponsored student design teams and initiatives aligned with strategic technology priorities.
Coordinate onboarding of participating universities and student teams to maximize ROI.
Create and execute communication strategies promoting academic initiatives and program participation.
Develop content for websites, email campaigns, social media, presentations, webinars, newsletters, and executive communications.
Partner with Corporate Marketing to develop messaging and storytelling about academic success stories and innovation outcomes.
Support sponsorship activities and partnership programs that expand Cadence’s academic reach and impact.
Support conferences, workshops, showcases, competitions, webinars, and networking events where the Academic Network is supporting or leading, and represent the Academic Network at events when appropriate.
Coordinate event logistics, speaker engagement, participant communications, and execution.
Track participation metrics, engagement trends, outreach effectiveness, and program outcomes.